Intentions to Marry, 1910 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840443, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1910 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1910a), Wellington, , Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Westland (1910b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1910c).

Page 203

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar Charles E. Halliday

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

2 July 1910

Arthur Jesse Charles Whiteman
Caroline Ethel Maud Beazer Springles

Arthur Jesse Charles Whiteman
Caroline Ethel Maud Beazer
💍 1910/4241

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
24

Feilding
Feilding

8 years
24 years

Residence of Thomas Simpson, "The Hill"

10/4395

2 July 1910

Rev. W. Jones

No	28
Date of Notice	2 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Jesse Charles Whiteman	Caroline Ethel Maud Beazer Springles
BDM Match (86%)	Arthur Jesse Charles Whiteman	Caroline Ethel Maud Beazer
	💍 1910/4241
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	8 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Simpson, "The Hill"
Folio	10/4395
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Jones

5 July 1910

Percy Yelverton Stevens
Rose Beale

Percy Yelverton Stevens
Rose Beale
💍 1910/4424

Bachelor
Spinster

Stablekeeper

26
25

Feilding
Feilding

1 year
9 years

Residence of William Beale, Gladstone Street, Feilding

10/4612

5 July 1910

Rev. G. Budd

No	29
Date of Notice	5 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Yelverton Stevens	Rose Beale
	💍 1910/4424
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stablekeeper
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	1 year	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William Beale, Gladstone Street, Feilding
Folio	10/4612
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Budd

11 July 1910

John William Matthews
Mary Emma Hubbard

John William Matthews
Mary Emma Hubbard
💍 1910/4412

Bachelor
Widow

Teamster

31
32

Pahiatua
Cheltenham

3 days
1 week

Residence of Albert Ayers, Cheltenham

10/4588

11 July 1910

Rev. G. Budd

No	30
Date of Notice	11 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Matthews	Mary Emma Hubbard
	💍 1910/4412
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Teamster
Age	31	32
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Cheltenham
Length of Residence	3 days	1 week
Marriage Place	Residence of Albert Ayers, Cheltenham
Folio	10/4588
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Budd

18 July 1910

John Edward Chitty
Olive Baker Insoll

John Edward Chitty
Olive Baker Insoll
💍 1910/4545

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

22
21

Feilding
Feilding

3 months
5 days

Roman Catholic Church, Feilding

10/4929

18 July 1910

Rev. John O'Meara

No	31
Date of Notice	18 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edward Chitty	Olive Baker Insoll
	💍 1910/4545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 months	5 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	10/4929
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. John O'Meara

23 July 1910

Alexandros Gambitsis
Agnes Ann Mexted

Alexandros Gambitsis
Agnes Ann Mexted
💍 1910/5237

Bachelor
Spinster

Fishmonger

33
21

Feilding
Feilding

6 years
1 year

Church of England, Feilding

10/5576

23 July 1910

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	32
Date of Notice	23 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexandros Gambitsis	Agnes Ann Mexted
	💍 1910/5237
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fishmonger
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	6 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	10/5576
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

2 August 1910

James Alfred Watson
Mary Alice Rosoman

James Alfred Watson
Mary Alice Rosoman
💍 1910/4310

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

25
23

Feilding
Feilding

4 years
23 years

Residence of George Edmond Rosoman, Fitzroy Street, Feilding

10/4415

2 August 1910

Rev. L. W. Jones

No	33
Date of Notice	2 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alfred Watson	Mary Alice Rosoman
	💍 1910/4310
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of George Edmond Rosoman, Fitzroy Street, Feilding
Folio	10/4415
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. W. Jones

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).